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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

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You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. – Ulrich Beck

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Education
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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Ulrich Beck
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. – Ulrich Beck

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Technology
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In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science. – Mike Johanns

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Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldnt happen, but other planets. – Margaret Atwood

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One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it. – Herbert Simon

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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. – Henri Poincare

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